1. The European Open Science Cloud, Libraries and the Long-Tail
Wolfram Horstmann
„How can RDA IG/WG contribute to the creation of the EOSC?“
February 27, RDA Europe

2. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

3. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

4. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

7. http://www. reinerbeckerarchitekten
[Anlass der Präsentation]

8. Institutional Library Services
Learning Space & Venue
Information Provision
Publication Services
Research Space
Cultural Heritage

9. Research funds in libraries increase

10. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

18. Institutional Level Implications
The “last mile challenge“ for EOSC
Institutions (labs, IT Services, libraries) should be the ultimate benchmark
Include early in the project and „rules of engagement“
Majority of research takes place in universities not in specialized infrastructure or data centres

19. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

20. We’re Europe’s largest research library network.
Founded in 1971.
Based in The Hague.
But first, a little more about LIBER. We are the Association of European Research Libraries.
We were founded 45 years ago in 1971, so we’ve been around a while – we’re quite OK from a sustainability perspective! And over the last few decades we’ve grown steadily. We represent over 400 university, national and research institute libraries from over 40 countries, so it’s quite a big network. In this photo – taken at our most recent Annual Conference in Helsinki, in June - you actually see over 500 people. Many of them are library directors, but there are also many staff members from all parts of the library: data librarians, copyright librarians, digital preservationists. And I mention this to drive home the point that LIBER is not just an organisation that serves the library director, but one which aims to help staff in all parts of the organisation with their work.
We work together to represent the interests of European research libraries, and researchers. For example, we collaborate with our member libraries on EU projects. We meet. We learn from each other. We share. We reflect and learn from events such as our annual conference.
As an association, some of the things we stand for are:
-High-quality services for all users of library and information services
-Intellectual freedom and equal access to information
-Collaboration with people and other organisations across Europe – we believe that to reach our goals, we have to work with others. We can’t do it all on our own.
-Leadership, innovation and a willingness to embrace opportunities for change (absolutely critical if you think of the challenges libraries are facing)
**3m30 seconds**

21. 400+ libraries
University, national and special libraries.

22. Overview Libraries & Research Data Organisation & Mobilisation
10 recommendations for libraries to get started with RDM 2012
Case Studies ON RDM 2014
Workshops at LIBER conferences 2014 FF
EU-PROJECTS

24. Active On the horizon Mobilisation Offering and planning RDS service
Consultative (Discussion e.g. metadata, policy, training, outreach)
38% provide tech support
On the horizon
42% plannig tech support
48% planning ID support
43% planning metadata services
West and north more involved in discussions

25. LIBER Strategy
[Anlass der Präsentation]

26. Mobilsation

27. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

28. I assume this the EC Projects are known...

29. Just one Thing since we want to talk about the long tail
What about Humanities?
Just one Thing since we want to talk about the long tail

30. Digital infrastructure for the arts and humanities

31. DH data producing projects in the national and EU context

33. But the long-tail is not humanities, it is the majority of research

34. European Level Implications
The “ecosystem challenge“ for EOSC
Define clearer relations to ESFRI, e-INFRA etc.
Define clearer what is horizontal and what is vertical („Squaring the circle!“)
And again: link to local research institutions

35. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

37. Library Perspective(s) – today‘s selection
Institutional Library
Institutional Data Liaisons
European Libraries
European Data Liaisons
Global Libraries
Global Data Liaisons

38. RDA Libraries for Research Data (L4RD) Interest Group

39. RDA L4RD Quick Overview
Chairs: Kathleen Shearer, Wolfram Horstmann, Michael Witt
Wiki:
Subscribers: 250+ people (largest group in RDA)
RDA P2 first BoF meeting - Washington, D.C.
RDA P3 BoF: Research Data Skills in Libraries - Dublin
RDA P4 BoF: Research Data Solutions in Libraries - Amsterdam
RDA P5 IG: Organizational Models for Data Services - San Diego
RDA P6 IG: Developing and Adapting to Research Data Policies in Libraries - Paris
RDA P7 IG: Applying Global Information-sharing and Collaboration in Libraries to Local Practice - Tokyo

40. Examples of L4RD associated activities/outputs:
IFLA Journal Special Issue on Research Data Services
23 Things: Libraries for Research Data
Joint RDA-IFLA program in August 2015 at the 81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress
RDA Sloan DataShare internship ‘Exploring Organizational Approaches to Research Data in Academic Libraries’
How to Establish Research Data Solutions in Libraries briefing paper
How to Maximize Research Data Skills in Libraries briefing paper
Engagement within RDA jointly with other interest and working groups: Data Rescue, Repository Platforms, Domain Repositories, etc.
Engagement between RDA and library community, e.g., open call, IFLA, ALA, LIBER, IASSIST, ASIST RDAP, etc.

44. Global Level Implications
The “funding/legislation challenge“ for EOSC
Researcher do not know boundaries: a concept to overcome funding or legislation boundaries?
Global library consortia? NGOs?

45. The „Long Tail“ of Research

46. Larger parts of research use small data
The 2011 survey by Science, found that 48.3% of respondents were working with datasets that were less than 1GB in size and over half of those polled store their data only in their laboratories.
Science 11 February 2011: Vol. 331 no. 6018 pp  DOI:  /science
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A 2011 survey of 1700 researchers across disciplines undertaken by the journal, Science, found that 48.3% of respondents were working with datasets that were less than 1GB in size and over half of those polled store their data only in their laboratories.
Even where accessible, data in many fields is too poorly organized to enable it to be efficiently used. The use of standards and best practices for data management is extremely variable. The survey by Science found that, “even within a single institution there are no standards for storing data, so each lab, or often each fellow, uses ad hoc approaches.” “Different institutions archive their research data in different ways - making access difficult from outside the institution.”
Science 11 February 2011: Vol. 331 no. 6018 pp  DOI:  /science
Because there is only a tiny fraction of large projects and a loooooooooooooong
tail of small projects
Can you see
the curve?

47. Big Data, Long-Tail Data
No.
Head
Tail 1
Homogeneous
Heterogeneous 2
Large
Small 3
Common standards
Unique standards 4
Regulated
Not Regulated 5
Central curation
Individual curation 6
Disciplinary repositories
Institutional, general or no repositories
Adapted from: Shedding Light on the Dark Data in the Long Tail of Science by P. Bryan Heidorn. 2008
“Disks in your drawer; server in lab basement”
Long Tail Data exist across all disciplines

48. Institutional, domain or no repositories
Science 11 February 2011: Vol. 331 no. 6018 pp  DOI:  /science

49. Long Tail of Research Data Interest Group
Accepted as an RDA Interest Group in Summer 2013
190 members from around the world
Objectives
To better understand the long tail
To address challenges involved in managing diverse datasets
To share and develop practices for managing diverse data
To work towards greater interoperability across repositories
“Thanks for the slides, Kathleen!”
Kathleen Sheerer, COAR Executive Director and Co-Chair of the RDA IG

50. Long Tail of Research Data Interest Group
Activities-to-date
Survey of discovery metadata
Discussion of strategies for improving discoverability of datasets
make it easier for researchers to deposit their data
sharing practices about discovery
interoperability across repositories (WG!)

51. Summary Findings of the IG
The Long Tail of Research – as we discuss it here – is where the majority of innovation, citation, and data is generated
Diversity is the main challenge but also the way research is organizing itself
Long-Tail metaphor is established but has „minority-stigma“
The institutional perspective needs to be fostered

52. „How can RDA IG/WG contribute to the creation of the EOSC?“
Reflections

53. How can the RDA Library IG contribute to the creation of the EOSC?
Last Mile challenge for EOSC, institutional
Define the role of the local liaison
e.g. awareness, training, curation concepts
Ecosystem challenge for EOSC, European
Mobilize the library community (LIBER)
Building partnership concepts between local labs, IT Services, Research Offices
Funder & legislation challenge for EOSC , global
Clarify societal challenge of research heritage

54. How can the RDA Long-Tail IG contribute to the creation of the EOSC?
Last Mile challenge for EOSC, institutional
Stakeholder analysis, mapping the long-tail
Conceptualize links between Zenodo, DataCite, Re3Data, Figshare etc to EOSC (WG?)
Ecosystem challenge for EOSC, European
EC-Policy formation for long-tail (cf. ESFRI paper)
Funder & legislation challenge for EOSC , global
Policy briefing paper upcoming

55. Thanks